With the emerging trend of using anesthesia or sedation for lengthy tattoo sessions, the American Society of ...

An extra 21,000 operations will be performed over the next year as the Government spends more on private hospitals. Health ...

A record 4,145 elective surgery admissions made in just one weekAdmissions for week ending 22 June were 11 per cent higher than the 18-month ...

In the first three months of this year, 8,587 patients were forced to wait longer than the time clinically recommended for ...

But "elective" doesn't always mean optional. Some elective surgeries are medically necessary and others aren't. Health insurance will usually cover medically necessary elective procedures, like a knee ...

Research presented at AANP 2025 examines the success of a standalone clinic dedicated to reducing modifiable risks for patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery.

Elective surgery waitlists in New South Wales have blown out, with a major increase in the number of overdue operations. The Bureau of Health Information (BHI) released its latest quarterly report ...

In this high-yield, clinically focused session, Dr. Steven L. Cohn, one of the leading experts in perioperative medicine, ...

The funding includes $834m (A$1.27b) for the Surgery Connect programme. The Australian government is set to invest $1.2b (A$1 ...

Minimizing opioid exposure during and after colorectal surgery can decrease long-term opioid use in some patients, according ...

Joshua Maxwell was told his open-heart surgery had to be done within 90 days. He thought he was going to die as the wait ...